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Tools for Effective Conflict Analysis

This document introduces several tools for analyzing conflicts, including defining what a conflict is and types of violence. It then discusses why conducting a conflict analysis is important, such as helping design programs for conflict-affected areas and helping parties better understand issues. Several tools are presented for analyzing different aspects of a conflict, including stages of conflict, timelines, actor mapping, conflict trees, the ABC triangle, onions, and positions/interests/needs. These tools can be used for understanding causes and effects, parties' perspectives and priorities, and identifying opportunities for intervention or resolution. The document concludes by providing a homework assignment to practice applying the tools.

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Tools for Effective Conflict Analysis

This document introduces several tools for analyzing conflicts, including defining what a conflict is and types of violence. It then discusses why conducting a conflict analysis is important, such as helping design programs for conflict-affected areas and helping parties better understand issues. Several tools are presented for analyzing different aspects of a conflict, including stages of conflict, timelines, actor mapping, conflict trees, the ABC triangle, onions, and positions/interests/needs. These tools can be used for understanding causes and effects, parties' perspectives and priorities, and identifying opportunities for intervention or resolution. The document concludes by providing a homework assignment to practice applying the tools.

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TOOLS FOR

CONFLICT
ANALYSIS
What is
c onflict?
“ A relationship between
two or more
interdependent parties in
which at least one of the
parties perceives the
relationship to be negative
& pursues opposing
interests & needs.
What is
violence?
1. Structural
Violence
2. Cultural Violence
3. Direct Violence
Structural
Violence
- How certain groups are
discriminated against
through social, political
& economic system.
Cultural
Violence
- Deeply ingrained
attitudes & beliefs that
justify the necessity of
violence.
Direct
Violence
- The use of threat of
physical force or verbal
attacks.
Why do a conflict
analysis?
1. Conflict analysis helps
thinking about how
programmes are going to
work in conflict-affected
contexts.
Why do a conflict
analysis?
2. Participatory conflict
analysis can help parties to
articulate the issues more
clearly.
Why do a conflict
analysis?
3. Understanding your
context helps you adopt a
conflict sensitive practice
to your programmes.
TOOL
S
Stages of
Conflict
Stages of
Conflict
 To see the stages & cycles of
escalation & de-escalation
of conflict
 To assess where the situation
is now
 To try to predict future patterns
of escalation with the aim of
preventing these from occurring
Analysis
Stages of
Conflict
 To analyse stages from the
viewpoints of different sides
or different parts of a country
in conflict
 To highlight critical points
for possible intervention
 To identify the cycles & triggers
to escalating conflict
Intervention
Timelin
e
Timelin
eTo show different views
of history in a conflict;
To clarify and understand
each side’s perception of
events
To identify which events are
most important to each
side.
Timelin
eUsed as a way of helping
people to accept their own
perspective as only part of
the truth.
Can be used by the parties
themselves & shared with
each other.
Intervention
Actor Mapping
Actor Mapping
To represent the
conflict graphically
To place the parties in relation
to the problem and each
other
To identify all the parties
directly or indirectly
invloved
Actor Mapping
To look for openings or
new strategies
To see where our allies or
potential allies are placed
to find our own niche
To evaluate what has
been done.
Intervention
Conflict
Tree
To stimulate discussion
about causes & effects in a
conflict
To help a group to agree
on the core problem
To relate causes & effects
to each other & to the
focus of the organization
Analysis
Conflict
Tree
To assist a group or team to
make decisions about
priorities for addressing
conflict issues
To decide about which
conflict issues they should try
to address.

Intervention
ABC
Triangle
To identify these three sets
of factors for each of the
major parties
To analyse how
these influence
each other
To relate these to the needs
& fears of each party
Analysis
ABC
Triangle
To identify a starting point
for intervention in the
situation
To identify what factors
might be addressed by an
intervention
To reveal how change in
one aspect might affect
another.
POSITIONS

INTEREST

NEEDS
Onion
 To identify the positions, interest
& needs of each party
 To identify possible c ommon
areas of divergence in the
interests or needs of parties
 To build a comprehensive
picture of each parties positions,
interests
and needs
Analysi
Onion
 To prepare for mediation
To identify entry points
for joint work
 To build on
commonalities

Intervention
HOMEWORK
 Brainstorm social conflicts
that affect people
nowadays.
 Select one and discuss it
with your partner.
 Apply any of the tools
learned today in class.
 Offer 3 posible solutions.

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